PARIS, FRANCE ? JULY 14: In this handout from the British Army, the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment ride down the Champs Elysees at the start of the annual Bastille Day Parade July 14, 2004 in Paris, France. The Grenadier Guards were guests of the French Government to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Entente Cordiale, a treaty of friendship signed in 1904. (Photo by Mike Harvey/British Army via Getty Images) Photo: Getty Images/Getty Images

Poll results: Parade or no parade?

Last week we asked readers to vote on President Donald Trump’s desire to have a major military parade in Washington, DC.

During his visit to France in July, the president was impressed by the Bastille Day parade with military tanks, armored vehicles and uniformed soldiers marching down the Avenue des Champes-Elysees in Paris.

Among the 949 ballots cast in our poll, 657 - about 70 percent - oppose a parade. Among those, 57 percent believed military parades are too symbolic of authoritarianism while 43 percent said a parade would be a waste of money.

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Of the 292 votes in favor of a parade, nearly 70 percent believe a parade would display to the world the United States’ military strength and patriotism. The remainder - about 30 percent - thought a parade is a good idea as long as the parade focuses on veterans and service members, not military.